If you were hoping that the Democrats were going to win, you have to ask yourself—Why? They take bribes from the same corporate criminals as the Republicans.
If you were hoping that the Republicans were going to win, you have to ask yourself—Why? They take bribes from the same corporate criminals as the Democrats.
The truth of the matter is that both parties are corrupt. Heck, we don’t even have two political parties. There is just one gigantic ongoing criminal enterprise. Republican or Democrat, politicians are always going to do exactly what the “donors” want them to do and this will not change until we collectively demand an end to the system of legalized bribery that is the cause of all the problems in the world.
The Republicans and Democrats are using your tax dollars to fund, arm, and provide political cover for genocide—the worst crime known to man. To add insult to injury, these heinous war criminals say that they support Israel’s right to defend itself—like slaughtering thousands of innocent children could ever be considered self-defense. If this is not enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two horrifically corrupt political parties—what the hell would be?
What if I told you that I could prove the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to subvert the rule of law? You know, conspiring together to strip away everyone’s constitutional rights--including yours. Would proof of treason be enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two bought and paid for political parties? Well, I have that proof. I put it in a book. All you have to do is read it. (There is a link for a free digital copy in this post.)
My name is Ted Martin. I have finished writing a book about my first hand encounters with a morbidly corrupt federal judicial system. The book is titled: The Illusion of Justice and contains documented, incontrovertible proof of widespread systemic corruption in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of United States Courts, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Supreme Court not only ignored two of the most egregious cases of judicial misconduct imaginable (my cases) but also an amicus brief by former Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner in which he blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Posner’s amicus brief is posted on the Supreme Court’s website at www.supremecourt.gov and can be accessed by typing in the following case number: Martin v. Living Essentials (Case No. 17-8352)
It will be painfully obvious to anyone who reads my book (or Judges Posner’s amicus brief) that the Supreme Court denies certiorari without even bothering to read the petitions submitted by the citizens of the United States. This obscene betrayal of the public trust is a clear-cut violation of every Justice’s judicial oath and a crime under federal law that is commonly referred to as honest services fraud.
In short, my book proves that the leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to pack the courts with corrupt corporate judges who will never side with the American people. This was abundantly clear when Senator Chuck Schumer and the other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee repeatedly refused to use irrefutable evidence of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett (a Republican nominee) at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
This bipartisan band of seditious conspirators also refused to address the underlying corruption in clear violation of their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
The only difference between the two major political parties is the rhetoric. The special interest groups running this country don’t give a damn which bribe taking stooge you vote for or even if you vote at all. They have already successfully rigged every election by controlling “our” choices.
The leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been caught red-handed conspiring to pack the courts with corrupt judges who will never side with you. If there was ever a reason to be a one issue voter, this is it. Besides, any politician caught lying about their fidelity to the Constitution and laws of the United States is obviously lying about everything—particularly their agenda.
Republicans push the corrupt corporate agenda. Democrats pretend to be opposed. Together, they sell their offices to the highest bidders. They foment war for the military industrial complex, promote racism for the prison industrial complex, refuse to restrict access to assault weapons for the gun manufactures, permit large quantities of toxic cancer causing chemicals to be dumped into our air, land, and water for the chemical manufactures, deny needed medical care to our country’s citizens for the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and turn a willful blind eye to the catastrophic effects of global warming for the fossil fuel industries. The list of their greed fueled crimes against humanity goes on and on.
Voting your current elected representatives out of office should be a no brainer. But, to make sure that they are not replaced with another batch of equally corrupt corporate stooges, we’re also going to have to take back both the Republican and Democratic parties and get the money out of politics.
While this may appear to be a daunting task, all we really need is a sound plan. After giving this matter some careful consideration, I have the following proposal: We agree to put aside all of our ideological differences and unite as Americans in support of the Constitution of the United States.
If you read my book, it really won’t be that difficult. You will know who the real enemy is and it certainly isn’t your fellow citizens. We just need to become one issue voters. Ignore their contrived wedge issues, bullshit talking points, and cringe worthy campaign ads. If they are not fighting tooth and nail to get the money out of politics—don’t legitimize them with your vote.
Seriously, if in doubt—throw them out. Besides, any government official who is not forcefully calling for the resignations of the corrupt leaders of their own political party is, by definition, violating their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Whether Republican or Democrat, a treasonous corporate criminal is a treasonous corporate criminal, they serve the same master and nothing is going to change until we get the money out of politics.
*You get the money out of politics by publicly funding elections, banning all campaign contributions, and, in exchange for their broadcasting/operating licenses, requiring news organizations to give every candidate for public office an equal amount of free advertising space.
In the future, I may write a book titled: The Illusion of Journalism. But for now, I’m just going to say that the media is not going to help anyone blow the whistle on their partners in crime. In the past four years, I couldn’t find a single news organization that hadn’t sold us out.
All an honest journalist would have to do is read Judge Posner’s amicus brief to know that the courts are irretrievably corrupt. Reading my book will conclusively show that the courts are corrupt by design.
P.S. I blame the Federalist Society for the corruption in the federal judicial system. The six so-called conservative justices on the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell, and all the Republican Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee are members of the Federalist Society. Donald Trump picked “his” judicial nominees from lists provided by the Federalist Society.
I didn’t know that the Democrats were in on it until I tried to give them proof of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. If you would like to read about their reprehensible conduct, you can skip ahead to the Postscript on page 221 of my book. But, for goodness sake, read the rest of the book. The courts are more corrupt than you can possibly imagine!
The judges in both of my cases incorporated the defendant’s fraudulent defenses into their opinions even after I pointed out the fraud in every brief that I filed. These “judges” are clearly taking dictation from corporate defense counsel without even reading the plaintiff’s briefs. These black robed grifters obviously fixed both of my cases. But, by far, the worst part of the whole ordeal was knowing that they were systematically violating everyone’s constitutional rights—they just got caught violating mine.
Unite behind who? In the last presidential election, I personally gave the Democrats everything they needed to defeat Trump, win an overwhelming majority in the House and Senate, and block Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court. They refused to it! Now these scurrilous bastards are campaigning on protecting a woman's right to choose. You can read about their reprehensible conduct in my book: The Illusion of Justice. (There is a link for free digital copy in my post today.)
Actually. the housing crash happened under George W. Bush's watch. Which is not to imply the Democrats didn't play an active role in deregulating the banking industry and making sure that the banksters were never held accountable for their crimes.
We really don't have a two party system. It's just one big ongoing criminal enterprise trying to convince us that we still live in a democracy.
Obama fixed the crash. Bush was the one who caused it, and was defeated because the banks were falling apart already in 2007, from bad mortgages. Obama managed to keep the USA from entering a Great Depression.
I like mythology too - but I'm physicist and engineer that KNOWs Ray Dalio and Jamie Dimon AND B. Obama are full of shit.
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Interesting metrics on Pandemic relief rather than Barac fulfilling the other half of the scam.
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Given that Barac Obama is sadly a card carrying malignant narcist - unlike Meichelle Obama - very separate and different people - its very hard to know how complicit or pushed into a corner Barac was.
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For a supposed policy wonk - he asked the wrong questions OR was completely steam rolled and never in a million years be able to push against the BANK - machine ?
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In my mind (ironically) I feel that Obama was the MOST open explaining how the presidency works - not in a good way - as he took up smoking and aged 20 years - but OTOH there's a lot sketchy shit he did with personal "Hit" operations using armed / remote Drone strikes - in proxy type territories that may require decades to be declassified.
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What these presidents really get up to during an administration can remain an mystery for 25 years at least and the various horse trading and back room deals and manipulations of the president by other agencies is rarely clear.
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AND usually when something is de-classified its only a very specific constellation of declassified documents to counter manipulate a more contemporary set of problems on the world stage / Foreign relations - usually used to sway public opinion to ENTER an unsanctioned war.
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Because we only fight or proxy in "Sanctioned" wars...
The booths now, at least here in Georgia, are just partitions. I miss the booths with the curtains and they should bring those back. Either way, no one should be allowed to get close enough to intimidate you. And then you have Fox commentary that voting against your husband is cheating on them. That was, of course, to rile up men so that they'd equate their wives vote to loyalty. Seriously, in the United States in 2024?!? We've got to stop this nonsense.
Should he lose, Trump is threatening to use his compromised Supreme Court Judges to put him back into the White House.
Legal voters are being blocked from voting.
The Supreme Court just ruled to allow the state of Virginia to continue to block voters from voting.
They say that they are only blocking illegal voters, but many LEGAL VOTERS are ALSO being blocked.
This is exactly why President Biden must weaponize his new powers of immunity now against those moronic six justices and their Chief on the Supreme Court. who are in collusion against democracy either through bribery or fear of retribution from the Trump camp.
PLEASE URGE President Biden to initiate a purge and remove them from the bench for treason immediately before it's too late.
If Trump returns to the White House, he will not safeguard his Republican supporters and their families from the destructive consequences of Project 2025.
Their goal is to eliminate all social programs, which means slashing Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and more.
They may attempt to deny this, but it's clearly outlined in "Project 2025."
On the other hand, KAMALA HARRIS is committed to expanding and strengthening all social programs.
Unreal, I had to check the calendar too. And ladies if you are in a relationship like this, I have many decent guys friends who are single, maybe a little geeky but won’t give a flying f**k how you vote , in fact they’re all voting Harris
Should he lose, Trump is threatening to use his compromised Supreme Court Judges to put him back into the White House.
Legal voters are being blocked from voting.
The Supreme Court just ruled to allow the state of Virginia to continue to block voters from voting.
They say that they are only blocking illegal voters, but many LEGAL VOTERS are ALSO being blocked.
This is exactly why President Biden must weaponize his new powers of immunity now against those moronic six justices and their Chief on the Supreme Court. who are in collusion against democracy either through bribery or fear of retribution from the Trump camp.
PLEASE URGE President Biden to initiate a purge and remove them from the bench for treason immediately before it's too late.
Thank you for this Mike. Thank you, thank you. It is all too common. The one and only concern I have about voting in a state (Oregon) where our ballots are mailed to us, is the lack of privacy some women will have with voting, especially in the red areas. For many years (in California, but the state makes little difference) I taught at the junior college level for over 20 years where a shockingly high percentage of my female students were dealing on a daily basis with terrible domestic violence issues and had little to no freedom to express anything without being beaten up or emotionally abused. Some were even forced to stop going to school because their boyfriends, husbands, or fathers were afraid and jealous of an educated woman. Some weren't even allowed to get jobs (outside the home). Unfortunately, this is not an exaggeration. And the children living in these homes were/are often terrified and learned at a young age to keep their mouths shut about what was happening. I know story after horrible story. Controlling and abusive males will stop at nothing, absolutely nothing. And they come in all ages, all religions, all economic levels, all ethnic and racial groups. So in all too many cases, for a woman to stand up to them is dangerous and life threatening, and especially if she has children she's also trying to protect. She'll simply do what it takes to not anger the man she lives with (and can't get away from) and vote in a way that will avoid more violence (as well as doing anything else whenever he wants it). Yes. In 2024.
Sometimes I wish there was a different button than "like.". I don't like this reality one bit, but appreciate that you brought attention to the matter so eloquently. Like racism, it's going to take a lot to break the cycle of abuse. Let's hope today is a good start.
I’m a poll worker in a red district and I’m feeling the winds of change a blow in’. Been here since 5:00 am
6 hours down. 10 to go. VOTE BLUE!
My fellow Americans,
If you were hoping that the Democrats were going to win, you have to ask yourself—Why? They take bribes from the same corporate criminals as the Republicans.
If you were hoping that the Republicans were going to win, you have to ask yourself—Why? They take bribes from the same corporate criminals as the Democrats.
The truth of the matter is that both parties are corrupt. Heck, we don’t even have two political parties. There is just one gigantic ongoing criminal enterprise. Republican or Democrat, politicians are always going to do exactly what the “donors” want them to do and this will not change until we collectively demand an end to the system of legalized bribery that is the cause of all the problems in the world.
The Republicans and Democrats are using your tax dollars to fund, arm, and provide political cover for genocide—the worst crime known to man. To add insult to injury, these heinous war criminals say that they support Israel’s right to defend itself—like slaughtering thousands of innocent children could ever be considered self-defense. If this is not enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two horrifically corrupt political parties—what the hell would be?
What if I told you that I could prove the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to subvert the rule of law? You know, conspiring together to strip away everyone’s constitutional rights--including yours. Would proof of treason be enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two bought and paid for political parties? Well, I have that proof. I put it in a book. All you have to do is read it. (There is a link for a free digital copy in this post.)
My name is Ted Martin. I have finished writing a book about my first hand encounters with a morbidly corrupt federal judicial system. The book is titled: The Illusion of Justice and contains documented, incontrovertible proof of widespread systemic corruption in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of United States Courts, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Supreme Court not only ignored two of the most egregious cases of judicial misconduct imaginable (my cases) but also an amicus brief by former Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner in which he blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Posner’s amicus brief is posted on the Supreme Court’s website at www.supremecourt.gov and can be accessed by typing in the following case number: Martin v. Living Essentials (Case No. 17-8352)
It will be painfully obvious to anyone who reads my book (or Judges Posner’s amicus brief) that the Supreme Court denies certiorari without even bothering to read the petitions submitted by the citizens of the United States. This obscene betrayal of the public trust is a clear-cut violation of every Justice’s judicial oath and a crime under federal law that is commonly referred to as honest services fraud.
In short, my book proves that the leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to pack the courts with corrupt corporate judges who will never side with the American people. This was abundantly clear when Senator Chuck Schumer and the other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee repeatedly refused to use irrefutable evidence of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett (a Republican nominee) at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
This bipartisan band of seditious conspirators also refused to address the underlying corruption in clear violation of their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
The only difference between the two major political parties is the rhetoric. The special interest groups running this country don’t give a damn which bribe taking stooge you vote for or even if you vote at all. They have already successfully rigged every election by controlling “our” choices.
The leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been caught red-handed conspiring to pack the courts with corrupt judges who will never side with you. If there was ever a reason to be a one issue voter, this is it. Besides, any politician caught lying about their fidelity to the Constitution and laws of the United States is obviously lying about everything—particularly their agenda.
Republicans push the corrupt corporate agenda. Democrats pretend to be opposed. Together, they sell their offices to the highest bidders. They foment war for the military industrial complex, promote racism for the prison industrial complex, refuse to restrict access to assault weapons for the gun manufactures, permit large quantities of toxic cancer causing chemicals to be dumped into our air, land, and water for the chemical manufactures, deny needed medical care to our country’s citizens for the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and turn a willful blind eye to the catastrophic effects of global warming for the fossil fuel industries. The list of their greed fueled crimes against humanity goes on and on.
Voting your current elected representatives out of office should be a no brainer. But, to make sure that they are not replaced with another batch of equally corrupt corporate stooges, we’re also going to have to take back both the Republican and Democratic parties and get the money out of politics.
While this may appear to be a daunting task, all we really need is a sound plan. After giving this matter some careful consideration, I have the following proposal: We agree to put aside all of our ideological differences and unite as Americans in support of the Constitution of the United States.
If you read my book, it really won’t be that difficult. You will know who the real enemy is and it certainly isn’t your fellow citizens. We just need to become one issue voters. Ignore their contrived wedge issues, bullshit talking points, and cringe worthy campaign ads. If they are not fighting tooth and nail to get the money out of politics—don’t legitimize them with your vote.
Seriously, if in doubt—throw them out. Besides, any government official who is not forcefully calling for the resignations of the corrupt leaders of their own political party is, by definition, violating their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Whether Republican or Democrat, a treasonous corporate criminal is a treasonous corporate criminal, they serve the same master and nothing is going to change until we get the money out of politics.
*You get the money out of politics by publicly funding elections, banning all campaign contributions, and, in exchange for their broadcasting/operating licenses, requiring news organizations to give every candidate for public office an equal amount of free advertising space.
In the future, I may write a book titled: The Illusion of Journalism. But for now, I’m just going to say that the media is not going to help anyone blow the whistle on their partners in crime. In the past four years, I couldn’t find a single news organization that hadn’t sold us out.
All an honest journalist would have to do is read Judge Posner’s amicus brief to know that the courts are irretrievably corrupt. Reading my book will conclusively show that the courts are corrupt by design.
If you want a government that actually acts in your best interests, I urge you and everyone you know to read my book as soon as possible. You can get a digital copy of my book free of charge at the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_vaMH1riLodzOfQn0kI7ow0RDrPM0NqE/view?usp=sharing
P.S. I blame the Federalist Society for the corruption in the federal judicial system. The six so-called conservative justices on the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell, and all the Republican Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee are members of the Federalist Society. Donald Trump picked “his” judicial nominees from lists provided by the Federalist Society.
I didn’t know that the Democrats were in on it until I tried to give them proof of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. If you would like to read about their reprehensible conduct, you can skip ahead to the Postscript on page 221 of my book. But, for goodness sake, read the rest of the book. The courts are more corrupt than you can possibly imagine!
The judges in both of my cases incorporated the defendant’s fraudulent defenses into their opinions even after I pointed out the fraud in every brief that I filed. These “judges” are clearly taking dictation from corporate defense counsel without even reading the plaintiff’s briefs. These black robed grifters obviously fixed both of my cases. But, by far, the worst part of the whole ordeal was knowing that they were systematically violating everyone’s constitutional rights—they just got caught violating mine.
Craziness!! Strong women unite!! We can’t have Trump!!
Unite behind who? In the last presidential election, I personally gave the Democrats everything they needed to defeat Trump, win an overwhelming majority in the House and Senate, and block Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court. They refused to it! Now these scurrilous bastards are campaigning on protecting a woman's right to choose. You can read about their reprehensible conduct in my book: The Illusion of Justice. (There is a link for free digital copy in my post today.)
Obama asked me for $47 not $46 or $49 ???
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He's got MONEY - I Don't - 'cuz 2008 MEGA CRASH*
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the f*cking nerve of the man...
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* and other cofactors tito numerous to mention...
Actually. the housing crash happened under George W. Bush's watch. Which is not to imply the Democrats didn't play an active role in deregulating the banking industry and making sure that the banksters were never held accountable for their crimes.
We really don't have a two party system. It's just one big ongoing criminal enterprise trying to convince us that we still live in a democracy.
Obama fixed the crash. Bush was the one who caused it, and was defeated because the banks were falling apart already in 2007, from bad mortgages. Obama managed to keep the USA from entering a Great Depression.
I'm all for asking the dumb questions as that can get one to new insights ...
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Go You ! Woot ! @Brandi-Dawn Abele
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I like mythology too - but I'm physicist and engineer that KNOWs Ray Dalio and Jamie Dimon AND B. Obama are full of shit.
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Interesting metrics on Pandemic relief rather than Barac fulfilling the other half of the scam.
.
Given that Barac Obama is sadly a card carrying malignant narcist - unlike Meichelle Obama - very separate and different people - its very hard to know how complicit or pushed into a corner Barac was.
.
.
For a supposed policy wonk - he asked the wrong questions OR was completely steam rolled and never in a million years be able to push against the BANK - machine ?
.
In my mind (ironically) I feel that Obama was the MOST open explaining how the presidency works - not in a good way - as he took up smoking and aged 20 years - but OTOH there's a lot sketchy shit he did with personal "Hit" operations using armed / remote Drone strikes - in proxy type territories that may require decades to be declassified.
.
What these presidents really get up to during an administration can remain an mystery for 25 years at least and the various horse trading and back room deals and manipulations of the president by other agencies is rarely clear.
.
AND usually when something is de-classified its only a very specific constellation of declassified documents to counter manipulate a more contemporary set of problems on the world stage / Foreign relations - usually used to sway public opinion to ENTER an unsanctioned war.
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Because we only fight or proxy in "Sanctioned" wars...
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HA !
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The booths now, at least here in Georgia, are just partitions. I miss the booths with the curtains and they should bring those back. Either way, no one should be allowed to get close enough to intimidate you. And then you have Fox commentary that voting against your husband is cheating on them. That was, of course, to rile up men so that they'd equate their wives vote to loyalty. Seriously, in the United States in 2024?!? We've got to stop this nonsense.
Perhaps it needs to be a law-one person at a voting booth unless disabled. Too late for this election.
Should he lose, Trump is threatening to use his compromised Supreme Court Judges to put him back into the White House.
Legal voters are being blocked from voting.
The Supreme Court just ruled to allow the state of Virginia to continue to block voters from voting.
They say that they are only blocking illegal voters, but many LEGAL VOTERS are ALSO being blocked.
This is exactly why President Biden must weaponize his new powers of immunity now against those moronic six justices and their Chief on the Supreme Court. who are in collusion against democracy either through bribery or fear of retribution from the Trump camp.
PLEASE URGE President Biden to initiate a purge and remove them from the bench for treason immediately before it's too late.
Help save our country.
Please re--post
If Trump returns to the White House, he will not safeguard his Republican supporters and their families from the destructive consequences of Project 2025.
Their goal is to eliminate all social programs, which means slashing Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and more.
They may attempt to deny this, but it's clearly outlined in "Project 2025."
On the other hand, KAMALA HARRIS is committed to expanding and strengthening all social programs.
I’m a guy, and tend to not vote for guys if I have a choice.
Secret ballots, dum-dum, leave her alone.
Unreal, I had to check the calendar too. And ladies if you are in a relationship like this, I have many decent guys friends who are single, maybe a little geeky but won’t give a flying f**k how you vote , in fact they’re all voting Harris
This makes me livid. All I can say to these men is “Back the fuck off!”
And by the way, not only is it the 21st century, we are almost a quarter of the way into it!
Thank you Michel you are 100 percent right ! We are Woman hear us Roar ❤️🇺🇸
Keep the republicans out of our Vaginas!
Thank you, Michael. We knew we could count on you once again: The right message, at the right time, in the right words, to the right people.
I'd like to see it printed on a huge flag held by the Statue of Liberty.
May all your hopes for all of us, worldwide, be realized on this crucially important day.
Patricia Harvie, a Canadian admirer of your decency.
Should he lose, Trump is threatening to use his compromised Supreme Court Judges to put him back into the White House.
Legal voters are being blocked from voting.
The Supreme Court just ruled to allow the state of Virginia to continue to block voters from voting.
They say that they are only blocking illegal voters, but many LEGAL VOTERS are ALSO being blocked.
This is exactly why President Biden must weaponize his new powers of immunity now against those moronic six justices and their Chief on the Supreme Court. who are in collusion against democracy either through bribery or fear of retribution from the Trump camp.
PLEASE URGE President Biden to initiate a purge and remove them from the bench for treason immediately before it's too late.
Help save our country.
Please re--post
Thanks for calling us this out Michael!
A sort of related note, but is anyone else now metaphorically in love with the Philadelphia DA? "F around and find out."
Thank you for this Mike. Thank you, thank you. It is all too common. The one and only concern I have about voting in a state (Oregon) where our ballots are mailed to us, is the lack of privacy some women will have with voting, especially in the red areas. For many years (in California, but the state makes little difference) I taught at the junior college level for over 20 years where a shockingly high percentage of my female students were dealing on a daily basis with terrible domestic violence issues and had little to no freedom to express anything without being beaten up or emotionally abused. Some were even forced to stop going to school because their boyfriends, husbands, or fathers were afraid and jealous of an educated woman. Some weren't even allowed to get jobs (outside the home). Unfortunately, this is not an exaggeration. And the children living in these homes were/are often terrified and learned at a young age to keep their mouths shut about what was happening. I know story after horrible story. Controlling and abusive males will stop at nothing, absolutely nothing. And they come in all ages, all religions, all economic levels, all ethnic and racial groups. So in all too many cases, for a woman to stand up to them is dangerous and life threatening, and especially if she has children she's also trying to protect. She'll simply do what it takes to not anger the man she lives with (and can't get away from) and vote in a way that will avoid more violence (as well as doing anything else whenever he wants it). Yes. In 2024.
Sometimes I wish there was a different button than "like.". I don't like this reality one bit, but appreciate that you brought attention to the matter so eloquently. Like racism, it's going to take a lot to break the cycle of abuse. Let's hope today is a good start.